Table 3 Decomposition results: illustrative example for reports of recent illness
From: Measuring and decomposing inequity in self-reported morbidity and self-assessed health in Thailand
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Determinant | Marginal effect | Weighted proportion | Concentration Index (C k ) | Deterministic contribution C recentillness -0.099 | Unadjusted percentage contribution | Adjusted percentage contribution |
Demographic characteristics | ||||||
Age-sex | ||||||
   Males aged 30–44 | 0.058*** | 0.144 | 0.085 | 0.003 | -2.2 | |
   Males aged 45–59 | 0.146*** | 0.103 | 0.045 | 0.003 | -2.1 | |
   Males aged 60+ | 0.302*** | 0.061 | -0.197 | -0.016 | 11.3 | (8.6%) |
   Females aged 15–29 | 0.062*** | 0.170 | 0.032 | 0.002 | -1.1 | |
   Females aged 30–44 | 0.161*** | 0.176 | 0.054 | 0.007 | -4.7 | |
   Females aged 45–59 | 0.245*** | 0.123 | -0.008 | -0.001 | 0.7 | (0.5%) |
   Females aged 60+ | 0.403*** | 0.079 | -0.186 | -0.026 | 18.3 | (13.9%) |
Subtotal | -0.029 | 20.2% | (23.0%) | |||
Household type | ||||||
   One-person male household | 0.067** | 0.023 | 0.156 | 0.001 | -0.7 | |
   One-person female household | 0.087*** | 0.022 | -0.104 | -0.001 | 0.6 | (0.5%) |
   Household with children (no elderly) | -0.012 | 0.279 | -0.025 | 0.001 | -0.4 | |
   Household with elderly | -0.037** | 0.209 | -0.121 | 0.004 | -2.9 | |
   Household with dependents only | -0.020 | 0.047 | -0.259 | 0.001 | -0.8 | |
Subtotal | 0.006 | -4.2% | (0.5%) | |||
Socioeconomic characteristics | ||||||
Income | ||||||
   Income quintile 1 – lowest 20% | 0.031* | 0.236 | -0.848 | -0.028 | 19.4 | (14.7%) |
   Income quintile 2 – lower 20% | 0.032* | 0.211 | -0.365 | -0.011 | 7.5 | (5.7%) |
   Income quintile 3 – middle 20% | 0.001 | 0.181 | 0.037 | 0.000 | 0.0 | |
   Income quintile 4 – higher 20% | 0.018 | 0.188 | 0.420 | 0.006 | -4.3 | |
Education | ||||||
   Education: primary level | 0.052*** | 0.641 | -0.141 | -0.021 | 14.6 | (11.1%) |
   Education: secondary level | 0.015 | 0.258 | 0.134 | 0.002 | -1.6 | |
Work status | ||||||
   Work: agriculture and fishery | -0.009 | 0.295 | -0.424 | 0.005 | -3.7 | |
   Work: elementary occupation | -0.029* | 0.090 | 0.057 | -0.001 | 0.4 | (0.3%) |
   Not in workforce: housewife | -0.033* | 0.081 | -0.049 | 0.001 | -0.4 | |
   Not in workforce: disabled | 0.250*** | 0.015 | -0.320 | -0.006 | 3.8 | (2.9%) |
   Not in workforce: others | -0.010 | 0.164 | -0.169 | 0.001 | -0.8 | |
Subtotal | -0.050 | 34.9% | (34.8%) | |||
Geographic characteristics | ||||||
   Bangkok | 0.016 | 0.139 | 0.508 | 0.005 | -3.5 | |
   Rural Central | 0.041* | 0.142 | 0.097 | 0.002 | -1.7 | |
   Urban North | 0.112*** | 0.041 | 0.031 | 0.001 | -0.4 | |
   Rural North | 0.142*** | 0.154 | -0.380 | -0.037 | 25.7 | (19.5%) |
   Urban Northeast | 0.004 | 0.055 | 0.028 | 0.000 | 0.0 | |
   Rural Northeast | 0.039* | 0.286 | -0.825 | -0.041 | 28.4 | (21.6%) |
   Urban South | 0.063** | 0.024 | 0.068 | 0.000 | -0.3 | |
   Rural South | 0.079*** | 0.086 | -0.043 | -0.001 | 0.9 | (0.7%) |
Subtotal | -0.071 | 49.1% | (41.8%) | |||
Residual (unexplained) | 0.045 | |||||